Mission San Juan Bautista
Christopher Talbot
Mission San Juan Bautista ruins, Guerrero, Coahuila, Mexico Established in 1700 and located on a strategic location near a series of crossings on the west bank of the Rio Grande, Mission San Juan Bautista is often called the mother of the Texas missions. It was created to provide a convenient waypoint along already existing routes across the Rio Grande and to serve as a base for the conversion of Coahuiltecan Indians. Time period: 1700s 
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El Camino Real de los Tejas was a conduit for trade, migration, and settlement across Texas. Now a national historic trail, El Camino Real helped to establish settlement patterns at continue to the present.